Improvement in fodder-stands



ANTRM &.MULL|N.

y Fodder Stand.

No. 111,301. Y. 1 Patented 1an. 31, 1871.

. pi'ovement in lfodderlStands; and we do 'eeen' siii/ei @panni (tilde 'JOHN ANTRAM AND ELWOOD B. MULLIN, 0F FRANKLIN, OHIO.l

Letters Patent No. 111,301, dated January's1,1s71.

To all 30740111. et muy concern lic it known that we, Jenn Anselm and Enwoon l. M'ULLIN, of Franklin, inl the county of Warren, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulgIm-r hereby declare. thatjthe following is a full and exact descrip-e tion thereof, reference being hadl to the accompapying drawing' and to the letters 'of reference marked thereon.`

Figure l representsa perspective view of our i'odder-stand a's adjusted for use.

Figure 2 represents a top view of the same, with the arms and hinged leg extended horizontally.

The object of' our invention is to provide a simple and eliicient support around which corn-fodder may be lshocked with facility, and which may be easily removed from the shock without injuriously affecting it after it is completed.

The tapering bench A is B, C, and D.

The leg D is pivoted at the smaller end of bench A, so that it will turn freely upon its pivote, and the legs B C are properly braced'by rods b c d.

A Upon the broader end of bench A a short spindle is secured, upon which a spool of twine may be placed for binding the shock 0i' fodder when completed. Y

At the center of the bench two arms, E F, are pivoted in suitable slots or mortises inthe sides of bench A, as indicated by dotted lines in lig. 2, and these arms may be easily adjusted to the horizontalv posi- .t-ion, as represented in the drawing.

.Lhe arms E Fffreely move upon v their. pivots or supported upouthe legs 'I iinge-bolts e j, and. when closed occupy positions within their respective slots.

ln using our stand the workman will place it in the position, upon its three legs B O D, where the shock .of fodder is to be built, and after adjustingthe arms "li in a position at right angles to the bench A, as represented, the fodder, by handfuls, as it is cut, is placed in au upright position against the bench' A,

the rst two armfuls being set up iu the angles l 2, formed by arms E-F and bench A, which the arms in their extended'position while the shock is being built around the fodder-stand by'setting up the fodder in the usual manner.

. When a snicient been thus accumulated to form a shock, the Workman will bind it bythe use ofthe twine upon the spool X. rlhe shock being completed, the workman will grasp the legs B C and withdraw the fodder-stand from with'- in the shock, and in so doing the arms E F and leg .D will not obstruct the operation, as they will freely turn upon their hinges and assume a longitudinal position with the bench A as they meet any obstruction while the standtis being withdrawn from the shock. i

To a proper understanding of the advantages of the use of such au implement. it should be here`stated that the general practice in shocking corn has been to tie together the stalks of four hills ofl .corn in each' place in the field where a shock of corn or fodder is desired to be built. vSuche. support is insulicieut for the purpose of forming a f irm shock around it, and consequently the shoeksso ormed -of'ten fall down, and much corn and fodder are damaged, beside much time is taken up in tying the stalks for the. purpose.

Having fully described our ,new fodder-stand,

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The bench A, provided with legs B G l) and fold'- ing arms E F, arranged. to operate in combination substantially as herein specified, andfor the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our October, A. D. 187D.

JOHN 'AN'.IRAM. ELWOOD B. MULLIN.

hands this 31st day of Witnesses:

R. S. LceKwooD, ISAAC DEARTH.

will retain quantity of fodder or corn has l 

